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Mar 20
Brendan Behan Is Dead
Mar. 20, 1964 - Brendan Behan (pictured in Dublin in 1960), the Irish playwright, died today at Meath Hospital in Dublin. He was 41 years...
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Mar 10
John Updike and Five Others Receive National Book Awards
Mar. 10, 1964 - Six authors — John Updike (pictured), Aileen Ward, Christopher Tunnard, Boris Pushkarev, William H. McNeill, and John...
![Ernest Hemingway’s Widow Discloses Creative Work Left Behind](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_8e52212e97b7410b94ba69d69413a847~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_8e52212e97b7410b94ba69d69413a847~mv2.webp)
Dec 9, 2023
Ernest Hemingway’s Widow Discloses Creative Work Left Behind
Dec. 9, 1963 - Mrs. Mary Hemingway (right in 1952), widow of the late Ernest Hemingway, disclosed today that a novel, a travel book, a...
![C.S. Lewis Is Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_18ae277acee24df3868ca7f132c4d6ab~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_18ae277acee24df3868ca7f132c4d6ab~mv2.webp)
Nov 24, 2023
C.S. Lewis Is Dead
Nov. 24, 1963 - Professor C.S Lewis, literary historian, Christian apologist, and author of “The Screwtape Letters,” died Friday at his...
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Nov 23, 2023
Aldous Huxley Is Dead
Nov. 23, 1963 - Aldous Huxley (pictured in 1948), the novelist-philosopher-historian whose satirical novel “Brave New World” (1932) set a...
![“Tropic of Cancer” Ruled Obscene](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_ba0ef40065884b5e9fb9f83e7a0991b6~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_ba0ef40065884b5e9fb9f83e7a0991b6~mv2.webp)
Jul 10, 2023
“Tropic of Cancer” Ruled Obscene
July 10, 1963 - New York state’s highest court held in a 4-3 decision today that Henry Miller’s novel “Tropic of Cancer” is obscene under...
![Steinbeck Dog Charley Is Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_f6eeed7d7f7849e78dadd234e1383182~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_f6eeed7d7f7849e78dadd234e1383182~mv2.webp)
May 5, 2023
Steinbeck Dog Charley Is Dead
May 5, 1963 - Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck (pictured last year) arrived at a White House dinner last week with sad news:...
![Reclusive J.D. Salinger Publishes New Book](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_78213fa7ba9c4320a2e50d2ecc338871~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_78213fa7ba9c4320a2e50d2ecc338871~mv2.webp)
Feb 14, 2023
Reclusive J.D. Salinger Publishes New Book
Feb. 14, 1963 - Just in case those who are following the chronicles of the Glass family have missed the news, two more J.D. Salinger...
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Dec 10, 2022
Author John Steinbeck Accepts Nobel Prize for Literature
Dec. 10, 1962 - American author John Steinbeck (right) accepted his Nobel Prize for Literature in Stockholm today. After expressing his...
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Oct 25, 2022
Steinbeck Wins Nobel Prize for Literature
Oct. 25, 1962 - John Steinbeck (pictured) has won the 1962 Nobel Prize for Literature. The 60-year-old author is the sixth American to be...
![Sylvia Beach Dead at 75](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_b3445455b92642338f8b97bddb64285f~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_b3445455b92642338f8b97bddb64285f~mv2.webp)
Oct 9, 2022
Sylvia Beach Dead at 75
Oct. 9, 1962 - Sylvia Beach (pictured with James Joyce in 1920), the bookshop owner who made literary history in 1922 when she became the...
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![Author Isak Dinesen Dead](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_029ec77ef01f49b7a257159cebd60eb9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_029ec77ef01f49b7a257159cebd60eb9~mv2.webp)
Sep 7, 2022
Author Isak Dinesen Dead
Sept. 7, 1962 - Danish author Isak Dinesen (pictured center with Marilyn Monroe and Carson McCullers in 1959). She was 77 years old. The...
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![Books: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_dd6c6360faf1425b97b5675cda06a7f1~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_dd6c6360faf1425b97b5675cda06a7f1~mv2.webp)
Aug 21, 2022
Books: Joseph Heller’s “Catch-22”
Aug. 21, 1962 - “Catch-22,” a satirical novel by Joseph Heller (pictured while serving in WWII) about the Air Force, will be turned into...
Aug 9, 2022
Author Hermann Hesse Dead at 85
Aug. 9, 1962 - Hermann Hesse (pictured last year), the German-born Swiss author who won the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, died today...
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![Faulkner's Home was Oxford, Miss.](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_164c9f31e5fa421a894f4f34825e7648~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_164c9f31e5fa421a894f4f34825e7648~mv2.webp)
Jul 6, 2022
Faulkner's Home was Oxford, Miss.
July 6, 1962 - Although William Faulkner’s stories of northeast Mississippi were never understood by many, Oxford, Mississippi, the city...
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![President Kennedy Praises Faulkner](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_94f66f5b34ad482586d6e803f51c5f76~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_94f66f5b34ad482586d6e803f51c5f76~mv2.webp)
Jul 6, 2022
President Kennedy Praises Faulkner
July 6, 1962 - President Kennedy praised William Faulkner today as one of the “great creators of this age.” Mr. Kennedy’s statement,...
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Jul 6, 2022
William Faulkner, Nobel Prize-winning Author, Dead at 64
July 6, 1962 - William Faulkner (pictured in 1938) died of a heart attack this morning at Wright’s Sanatorium in Byhali, Mississippi. The...
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![Author James Joyce Honored in Dublin](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_60cb4a0d0971487391bd6492cabb6f8f~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_60cb4a0d0971487391bd6492cabb6f8f~mv2.webp)
Jun 14, 2022
Author James Joyce Honored in Dublin
June 14, 1962 - James Joyce (pictured in 1928), one of Ireland’s most famous writers but one who was long condemned and neglected in his...
![William Faulkner Visits West Point](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_0af876232d534e7b93c57a15ab45dacf~mv2.png/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_95,enc_auto/25c687_0af876232d534e7b93c57a15ab45dacf~mv2.webp)
Apr 20, 2022
William Faulkner Visits West Point
Apr. 20, 1962 - William Faulkner ended a two-day visit to West Point today. He said he had been “pleasantly astounded” by the literary...
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![Movies: "Tender Is the Night" to Open Jan. 19](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/25c687_d8d21b40ee3d4dc28cc42d0496c3ad65~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_454,h_341,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/25c687_d8d21b40ee3d4dc28cc42d0496c3ad65~mv2.webp)
Dec 26, 2021
Movies: "Tender Is the Night" to Open Jan. 19
Dec. 26, 1961 - The film version of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel “Tender is the Night,” with Jennifer Jones and Jason Robards Jr., will...
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